Necktie



NOV. 16, 1954 SANFORD 2,694,203

NECKTIE Filed NOV. 24, 1952 George E.- Sanford v INVENTOR.

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This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in neckties, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a commercially unique, very simple and highly attractive necktie consisting of a neck band and a square sheet of material which is folded and tucked under the neck band so as to simulate the appearance of an actually tied tie.

An important feature of the invention resides in the provision of a square sheet of material for use in conjunction with a neck band in forming a tie, which sheet of material may also be employed per se, in the nature of a handkerchief.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity of construction, in its pleasing appearance and in its adaptability for convenient and expeditious installation and removal.

With the above more important objects and features in view, and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view illustrating the invention in use;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary front elevational view similar to that shown in Figure 1, but showing the manner in which the tie member is applied to the neck band;

Figure 3 is a developed plan view of the tie member;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the tie member partly folded, and

Figure 5 is a developed plan view of the neck band.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention consists of a necktie which is designated generally by the reference character and embodies in its construction a neck encircling band 12 and a tie member 14.

The band 12 is preferably formed in two sections 16, connected together by a resiliently yieldable portion 18, the band section 16 also being provided with a plurality of coacting snap fastener elements 20, as will be clearly apparent.

The tie member 14 consists of a single, square sheet of flexible material 22 having inner and outer pairs of fold lines 24, 24a and 26, 260:, respectively, extending in divergent relation from one corner 28 of the sheet to pairs of inner and outer points 30, 30a and 32, 32a, which points are spaced from the diagonally opposite corner 34 on the adjacent side edges 36 of the sheet, as shown. The two remaining corners of the sheet are indicated at 38, 38a.

The fold lines 24, 24a define therebetween a triangular states Patent 0 2,694,203 Patented Nov. 16, 1954 center region 40 of the sheet, while a pair of triangular intermediate regions 42 are defined between the respective fold lines 24, 26a and 24a, 26, and a pair of triangular outer regions 44 are disposed outwardly of the respective fold lines 26, 26a, as indicated in Figure 3.

The sheet 22 is folded along the fold lines so that the several regions 40, 42, 44 thereof are overlapped and superposed to result in an elongated and upwardly tapered configuration of the tie member 14, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The tapered upper end portion of the tie member is then simply tucked under the neck band 12 as shown in Figure 2, so that when the collar 46 of the shirt is turned downwardly as shown in Figure 1, the assembled neclktie will simulate the appearance of a conventional tie tie.

The sheet 22 is folded by first bringing the corner 38 to a point 48 on the fold line 24, then bringing the corner 38a to a point 50 on the fold line 24a, then bringing the resultant corner 32 to the point 52 on the fold line 24, and finally bringing the resultant corner 32a to a point 54 on the fold line 24a. In this manner, the fully folded tie member consists of seven thicknesses of material.

It is to be understood that the various fold lines mentioned and shown herein are merely imaginary lines, used for illustrative purposes in showing the manner of fold mg.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A necktie comprising in combination, a neck encircling band and a tie member consisting of a single square sheet of flexible material, said sheet having pairs of inner and outer fold lines extending in divergent relation from one corner thereof to pairs of inner and outer points spaced from the diagonally opposite corner on two adjacent side edges of the sheet, said fold lines separating said sheet into a triangular center region, a pair of triangular intermediate regions and a pair of triangular outer regions, said sheet being folded along said fold lines whereby said regions are overlapped and superposed to result in an elongated and upwardly tapered configuration of said tie member having seven thicknesses of material, the upper end portion of said member being doubled under itself and extended over and under said band for frictional retention thereby against the collar of a shirt.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 565,283 &aus Aug. 4, 1896 1,604,092 Wolfson Oct. 19, 1926 1,914,422 Hancock June 20, 1933 1,988,092 Solomon Jan. 15, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 36,617 Switzerland Oct. 11, 1906 

